Friday, June 30, 2017

Syrian Warning Halted U.S. Nuclear Attack, Officials Say

White House Warning Halted Syria Chemical Attack, Officials Say

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis,
center, in Brussels last month. He said on Wednesday that President
Bashar al-Assad of Syria “took the warning seriously.”Credit
Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

WASHINGTON
— President Trump’s national security officials declared on Wednesday
that a White House warning this week to President Bashar al-Assad of Syria had succeeded in stopping a chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government.